[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2376 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2376

 To prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit terrorist 
        kidnappings and sexual assaults, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2007

Mr. Franks of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit terrorist 
        kidnappings and sexual assaults, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorism Prevention and Deterrence 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE OF TERRORIST SUICIDE BOMBINGS.

    (a) Offense of Rewarding or Facilitating International Terrorist 
Acts.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 113B of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2339E. Providing material support to international terrorism
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `facility of interstate or foreign commerce' 
        has the same meaning as in section 1958(b)(2).
            ``(2) The term `international terrorism' has the same 
        meaning as in section 2331.
            ``(3) The term `material support or resources' has the same 
        meaning as in section 2339A(b).
            ``(4) The term `perpetrator of an act' includes any person 
        who--
                    ``(A) commits the act;
                    ``(B) aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or 
                procures its commission; or
                    ``(C) attempts, plots, or conspires to commit the 
                act.
            ``(5) The term `serious bodily injury' has the same meaning 
        as in section 1365.
    ``(b) Prohibition.--Whoever, in a circumstance described in 
subsection (c), provides, or attempts or conspires to provide, material 
support or resources to the perpetrator of an act of international 
terrorism, or to a family member or other person associated with such 
perpetrator, with the intent to facilitate, reward, or encourage that 
act or other acts of international terrorism, shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both, and, if death 
results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
    ``(c) Jurisdictional Bases.--A circumstance referred to in 
subsection (b) is that--
            ``(1) the offense occurs in or affects interstate or 
        foreign commerce;
            ``(2) the offense involves the use of the mails or a 
        facility of interstate or foreign commerce;
            ``(3) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that affects 
        interstate or foreign commerce or would have affected 
        interstate or foreign commerce had it been consummated;
            ``(4) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that violates the 
        criminal laws of the United States;
            ``(5) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that is designed to 
        influence the policy or affect the conduct of the United States 
        Government;
            ``(6) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that occurs in part 
        within the United States and is designed to influence the 
        policy or affect the conduct of a foreign government;
            ``(7) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that causes or is 
        designed to cause death or serious bodily injury to a national 
        of the United States while that national is outside the United 
        States, or substantial damage to the property of a legal entity 
        organized under the laws of the United States (including any of 
        its States, districts, commonwealths, territories, or 
        possessions) while that property is outside of the United 
        States;
            ``(8) the offense occurs in whole or in part within the 
        United States, and an offender intends to facilitate, reward or 
        encourage an act of international terrorism that is designed to 
        influence the policy or affect the conduct of a foreign 
        government; or
            ``(9) the offense occurs in whole or in part outside of the 
        United States, and an offender is a national of the United 
        States, a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the 
        United States, or a legal entity organized under the laws of 
        the United States (including any of its States, districts, 
        commonwealths, territories, or possessions).''.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Table of sections.--The table of sections for 
                chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is 
                amended by adding at the end the following:

``2339D. Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist 
                            organization.
``2339E. Providing material support to international terrorism.''.
                    (B) Other amendment.--Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of 
                title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
                ``2339E (relating to providing material support to 
                international terrorism),'' before ``or 2340A (relating 
                to torture)''.
    (b) Increased Penalties for Providing Material Support to 
Terrorists.--
            (1) Providing material support to designated foreign 
        terrorist organizations.--Section 2339B(a) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``15 years'' and inserting 
        ``25 years''.
            (2) Providing material support or resources in aid of a 
        terrorist crime.--Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking ``15 years'' and inserting ``40 
        years''.
            (3) Receiving military-type training from a foreign 
        terrorist organization.--Section 2339D(a) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``ten years'' and inserting 
        ``15 years''.
            (4) Addition of attempts and conspiracies to an offense 
        relating to military training.--Section 2339D(a) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, or attempts or 
        conspires to receive,'' after ``receives''.

SEC. 3. TERRORIST MURDERS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND ASSAULTS.

    (a) Penalties for Terrorist Murder and Manslaughter.--Section 
2332(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``fined under this 
        title'' and all that follows and inserting ``punished as 
        provided under section 1111(b);''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``fined under this 
        title'' and all that follows and inserting ``punished as 
        provided under section 1112(b); and''.
    (b) Addition of Offense of Terrorist Kidnapping.--Section 2332 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Kidnapping.--Whoever outside the United States unlawfully 
seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away, 
or attempts or conspires to seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, 
abduct or carry away, a national of the United States shall be punished 
as provided under section 1201(a).''.
    (c) Addition of Sexual Assault to Definition of Offense of 
Terrorist Assault.--Section 2332(d) of title 18, United States Code, as 
redesignated by subsection (b) of this section, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(as defined in section 
        1365, including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in 
        the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
        States, would violate section 2241 or 2242)'' after ``injury'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(as defined in section 
        1365, including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in 
        the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
        States, would violate section 2241 or 2242)'' after ``injury''; 
        and
            (3) by striking the matter following paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
``shall be punished as provided under section 2242.''.
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